Beijing, May 19, 2025 — A Strategic Collaboration in Art, Design, and Cross-Cultural Education
WRITER: ASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY OF THAILAND
In a landmark step for cross-border arts education, Assumption University of Thailand (AU) and Tsinghua University’s Academy of Arts & Design have announced a dynamic collaboration aimed at fostering educational innovation, creative exchange, and interdisciplinary talent development across China and Southeast Asia.
Led by Rev. Bro. Sirichai Fonseka, f.s.g., Ph.D., President of AU, the AU delegation visited Tsinghua’s prestigious Academy of Arts & Design on the morning of May 19, 2025. This high-level visit signals a strategic deepening of academic and artistic cooperation between the two institutions, especially in the fields of digital art, design innovation, and cultural entrepreneurship.
The meeting concluded with an exchange of symbolic artworks representing friendship, and both parties agreed to finalize details of the cooperation framework agreement by the end of 2025.
